Victory: An Island Tale

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Page 137 Hardly enough to knock a man on the head for from behind , I must confess ; but
that the skipper had a narrow escape , the governor himself could not deny
afterwards . " “ ' Do you want me to understand , sir , that you mind there being
one life ...

Page 138 The governor chucked them a few dollars to begin with ; but it was like boarding
with a pair of savage apes , anyhow . By and by we noticed them talking a lot
together . They had twigged the cash - box , and the leather portmanteaus , and
my ...

Page 139 The governor and I were on one side , and these two beauties , cross - legged on
the other , grunting a word or two to each other now and then , hardly human
speech at all , and their eyes down , fast on the ground . For the last three days
we ...

Page 140 It ' s perfectly intolerable , ' says the governor . ' And you with no weapon of any
sort ! ' “ I mean to stick pretty close to you , sir , from this on , if you don ' t mind , '
says I . “ He just nods the least bit , wipes his fingers on the plantain leaf , puts his
...

Page 141 Seeing this the governor puts his revolver in his pocket . “ Tie his legs together ,
sir , ' I yell . ' I ' m trying to strangle him . ' “ There was a lot of their fibre - lines lying
about . I gave him a last squeeze and then got up . “ ' I might have shot you ...